All Health Service Journal articles in 1998-04-02
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Year 2000 IT bug fixing bill may be three times more than first estimates
The year 2000 computer bug may cost some acute trusts three times more than their estimates because they cannot get advice from their medical imaging equipment suppliers.
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Abolish TV licence fees - and build a new hospital every year
Abolishing the TV licence fee would save almost £100m a year - money that could be better spent on the NHS.
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In Brief: Drug abusers
The number of drug abusers seeking help has risen by 7 per cent according to the latest Drug Misuse Statistics bulletin issued by the Department of Health. The bulletin, which covers the six months ending 30 September 1996, shows that more than half were in their early 20s and 12 ...
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In Brief: Alan Milburn
Health minister Alan Milburn has unveiled a £10m package of measures to 'tackle oral health inequalities'. The money will be used to increase dentists' fees for seeing children under six in deprived areas, and for fitting full dentures.
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Controversy over 'macho' management at Ashworth
Troubled Ashworth Special Hospital was embroiled in more controversy this week amid claims that its new management regime is alienating staff with a 'macho' style.
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In Brief: British Medical Association
The British Medical Association has written to public health minster Tessa Jowell calling for regulation or legislation against smoking in public places in the government's 'delayed' white paper on smoking control. BMA chair Sandy Macara said he hoped the paper would also restrict access to cigarettes for young people and ...
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Waiting list cash attacked
The government's new waiting list initiative received a strong thumbs down at a national conference on day surgery last week.
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In Brief: Warwickshire health authority
A review of 17,451 smear tests ordered by Warwickshire health authority has sounded the all-clear for the original results. The review exercise was ordered after a smaller review of 500 slides suggested there might be problems with a screening service in Rugby.
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In Brief: Lincolnshire health authority
A new strategy developed by Lincolnshire health authority and Lincolnshire county council for people with learning disabilities will lead to the closure of Mulberry trust, Sleaford, next year. Contracts for services provided by the trust will be given to a number of alternative providers if the move is agreed after ...
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In Brief: Bedfordshire health authority
A coalition of health and voluntary groups this week launched a campaign to fight £6m of cuts proposed by Bedfordshire health authority over the next three years. The coalition includes local branches of Unison, the Royal College of Nursing, the British Medical Association, the Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association ...
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Bad vibrations
Attempts to abolish RSI as an umbrella term and instead define a series of disorders with specific diagnoses could have a significant impact on the management of occupational health both here and in the US, where RSI accounts for more than half of all rep
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Bending and shaping
THE POLITICS OF CHANGE IN THE HEALTH SERVICE By Brian Salter Macmillan 257pages £14.99
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Left a bit. . .
David Hall, chair of United Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust, helps pose health secretary Frank Dobson in front of a £90m extension to Leeds General Infirmary. Mr Dobson officially opened the Jubilee Building extension last week, before visiting a medical and scientific fair hosted by the trust.
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Unions opt to turn down phased pay offer for non-review body staff
Health unions last week rejected a pay offer for non-review body staff that would give them the same deal as nurses and professions allied to medicine - 2 per cent from 1 April and another 1.8 per cent in December.
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Clear hint of further funding boost for health
The NHS could be in line for another cash boost following the government's comprehensive spending review, health secretary Frank Dobson said this week.
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Jack in a box
Mark Taylor, chief executive of Royal Brompton Hospital trust, uses a telemedicine link to talk to his opposite number at Harefield Hospital trust, John Hunt (pictured on screen). The link allows doctors to discuss medical data without travelling up and down the 16 miles of motorway between the two hospitals. ...
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In Brief: Care services
Care services 'routinely' ignore the views of disabled children and 'too often' separate them from their families, according to a report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Who Cares? Trust. The report says the views of youngsters with little or no speech are particularly likely to be ignored.
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In Brief: King's Fund report
The government would find it more difficult to develop a fair system of healthcare if decisions were handed to elected bodies, says a King's Fund report.